Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "marcussilfver" Subject: Re: drag'n drop: why does Message-ID: <1193205080.683075.169430@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com> X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.gui Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.gui In-Reply-To: <7a1e34b371857@uwe> References: <7a1e34b371857@uwe> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 28 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:40:32 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303918832 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:40:32 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:40:32 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.gui:2680 To: comp.lang.java.gui On 23 Okt, 13:37, "Andrew Thompson" wrote: > marcussilf...@gmail.com wrote: > >I am completely new to implementing drag and drop. > .. > >This behaviour forces me to do a check in my drop method for the > >dropPanel's bounds and compare this with the mouse position and reject > >the drop if it is outside dropPanel. > > >Is it supposed to be like this? > > From my vague recollection of implementing D'n'D in > an animated Gif project, that is wrong. Originally I > had added the drop listener to an 'image list' on the > left of the GUI - but decided it made sense to allow > images to be dropped anywhere in the GUI. AFAIR > I had to move the drop listener to the frame to allow > the user to 'drop anywhere'. > > Have you got an SSCCE that shows this behaviour? > Thanks for answering. What is a SSCCE? --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24